blood type

NOUN

class of human blood

Synonyms

WEAK

blood group blood grouping

Example Sentences

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Disease screenings, temperament tests and blood type preferences left them with 16 regular donors so far that they hope will come in four times a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

It can be given to anybody with a positive blood type and all men and women past childbearing age.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2024

Currently, patients in any of those situations receive platelets harvested from blood donors, ideally from donors with a compatible blood type.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

Thirty days before he was scheduled to be executed, a private investigator hired by his lawyers found that the blood type of the carjacking perpetrator did not match Mr. Thompson’s.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

“A blood type that you would characterize as rare?”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson